Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-01-20

was passed.
In the house an ominous cloud entered
the room when Uncle John Hobart, OF
Moody, opened the door. He went out Of
the session Saturday afternoon red headed
because he was not given the chairman
ship of the railroad committee, and d
blzzazdy Sa bhnth did not rollify his dis.
gruntled spirit. All this morning he
with his friends, were holding secret
meetings in the Sheridan chamb mbers, and
along about noon it was given out IN q
cold, clammy way that "Uncle" John
proposed
TO MAKE IT WARM
for his associates IN the legislative halls
before an adjournment was taken. The
prayer OF the chaplain was quietly
listened to, and the minutes read IN the
usual monotone. then came hiss and a
whirr as Mr.. Jones, of Charles Mix arose
and threw bomb into the midst Of the
body in the form of the following motion:
That the vote taken upon The mo- on 10 adopt
the report Of tho commit ee of the whole, which
had under cons deration The iules of the house, as
submitted by the special committee appointed for
hat purpose, be now rcconsidered.
Mr.. Williams, of Burleigh, jumped 10
his feet aud moved call of the hou use
The call was seconded ty eight members
and the doors were locked when it was
discovered that Ruggles, of Eimunds,
was absent. The sergeanl-a,-a was
sent out to look him up. Up to 4 80 he
had not been found and the prospects
were that the members would sleep in the
chamber. The scheme, as ne .r as car be
learned, is to change the rules Cover l1ng
the appointing of the committees in such
a way as to place some power irtr the
hands of Hobart. AL is confusion now,
aud Hobart and his friends refuse 10
talk.
BISMARCK, Jan. lS.- Special The
waf cloud that lowered over the leg
islature Yesterday have cleared away, and
South Dakota is once more calm, while
the stalwarts of the north are no worse
off than befote. For a short time, yes
terday, she saw the scepler Of absolute
power in her hand aud was jubllant. but
in one moment The prize was snatchcd
from her and placed In the possession of
the south. 1t was late IN the evenin G
yesterday wheu the South Dakotaus
tumbled to the scheme of their northern
enemies, and when they did they were
worried, for they saw that as soon as Nc
Donnell, Hawk aud Elliott arrived the
missing Rlggles would show up and
North Dakota with hsr IN .joclty OF one
given her by the coming over of the seven
from the south, uner the leadership
OF THE INDIGNANT HOBART,
would be able to chop up the rul IS and
conform them to meet their own appro-
val, placing the power of appointing
c committees IN the hands cf the house,
and the chalrmanships would be given to
the seven South Dakota secesslonists, the
made up of North Dakota
and liberal appropriations given
to North Dakota institutions. 1t was a
clever piece Of diplomacy and came within
an ace of winning, but the south woke up
and cornerlug Uncle Hobart, DR.. Stew
art, to whom ha been given the chair
of the committee on railroads,
offered to resign the chairmanshlp and
allow the speaker to give it to him, if he
would come back to the fold and bring
his following with him. Uncle John was
hot in the col r, AMI at first refused to
listen to the proposition, and it looked as
though the south VOL get the worst Of
The d ;, |, but after Wrestling with him all
weakened and 1t is now understood that
The differences have been patched up,
and the south will hold her own and
Uncle Hobart will get the craftsmanship
Of the committee on railro ads. There
are vague rumo:s Of an attempt On the
strength of the combination
but there seerus to be nothing III the rumor
There is one thing certain that from now
10 the close of the session, the two fac
lions will skin their teeth or each other,
and stand ready 10 snap whenever q
chance offers itself. 1t is night now, sure,
to the finish. In its workings he finger
marks OF Alex Mckenzie and E. A. Will
iams were plainly visible, and naturally
enough those gentlemen are now worried
and anxious to square themselves with
he house, but the house Is liable not to
square so easily. The blood of the south
IS now at boiling beat.
In the house this afternoon, several
oils of not mere than ordinary impor-
;ance were introduced, and several placed
IN their second reading. At $50, the
house went into committee of the whole
to consider the following bill, introduced
by d. s. Dodds Of Nelson county:
That all unpaid taxes for the year 1886,
shall become delinquent on the first day
Of Feb uavy, 1887, and shall draw inter-
est at the rate of one per cent per mohth,
from the date of such delinquency, until
the first day OF June, 1857, at which lat
ter date there shall te added a penalty of
five per cent upon the amount SO re-
naming unpaid, and one per ceut per
mouth thereafter uutil paid, to be added
on the first Gay of each mouth. The &C,
to take effect and be in full force from
and after its passage and approval.
The bill created lively discussion, pre-
and con, and was tiually passed. In the